A week after the last release of Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla", Matthias Klose of the Ubuntu development team has now launched development of the next version, Ubuntu 21.04 - codename "Shaggy hippo."
Shaggy Hippo to Succeed Groovy Gorilla
According to the traditional Ubuntu development codename scheme which takes the form of "Adjective Animal", it is time for the "HH" series with "Shaggy Hippo" to succeed the "GG" series with "Groovy Gorilla".
Interestingly, Ubuntu 21.04 is the third release to have a codename with the letter "H." Previously, Ubuntu 5.04 "Hoary Hedgehog" was the first in 2005, followed by Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" in 2008.
Want to know the meaning of "shaggy"? Well, according to the Oxford Learner dictionaries, shaggy means have a lot of hair on the face or body, in short, "hairy". And "hippo" is just another short term for the hippo, a large, semi-aquatic African mammal with thick skin, massive jaws and large tusks.
Development of Hirsute Hippo, which will now continue for up to 26 weeks, began with the addition of Python 3.9 as a supported Python3 version. If you want to know about other major changes planned for this cycle, check out Ubuntu 21.04 release schedule.
Ubuntu 21.04 will be released on April 22, 2021
According to the release schedule, the Beta of Hirsute Hippo will arrive on April 1, 2021, and after reaching the final freeze milestone on April 15, the final stable version will hit the streets on April 22, 2021.
It also means that Ubuntu 21.04 will most likely feature the next version of the GNOME desktop environment, which will be GNOME 40 arriving a month before in March 2021.
Finally, as usual, the daily Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo builds will surely be available for download in a few days. here.
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